Golf-ball tee or support



April 28, 1925.

B. E. SAWYER GOLF BALL TEE OR SUPPORT Filed semi. a. 1924 I E QEZ."

I I I IHVEE'IFZZOIZ fiwwwmwl Patented Apr. 2s,'1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOLF-BALI- TEE on sorronr.

Applicationifiled September 8, 1924. Serial No. 736,511.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, BURNSIDE ELLswon'rHSAWYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitchburg, in thecounty of Wor- B cester and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Ball Tees or Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y This invention relates toteeing a ball on 10 the tees of a golf course. The principal objectsofthis invention is to provide means by which a ball can'be supported at apredetermined height from the ground, so that when the ball is drivenfrom this support, it

16 will not retardor deflect it and if the stroke of the club is toolow, the supporting member will collapse, and at the same time doflectthe club to a more correct position for a proper shot. Another advantageof this 0 invention is that this supporting member is 'so resilient, andits composition of such a character, that instead of being driven awayby the force of the stroke, it simply collapses and stays on or near itsoriginal positlon. 2 T0 simplify the description, I will hereafter callthis supporting member, a tee.

Reference is to be had to the accompany in drawings, in which-.--

%ig. 1 is a plan view of the tee; Fig. 2 is a side view of the teesupporting a ball;

Fig. 3 is a face view of Fig. 2; i Fig. 4 is a plan view showingposition of tee when collapsed under the force of a drive; and

:Fig. v5 is a side view of Fig. a, showing relative position ofcollapsed tee to the ball.

In the drawings I have shown a preference for a tee of conical shape. Itis apparent that anyone skilled in the art, could make thesupporting'walls with a' concave or convex surface, also irregular inshape, without departing from the scope of my invention. I 'do not wishto be limited to the size, shape, or number of serrations in the wall ofthe tee, but what I do claim is 1. A golf tee made of thin resilientmaterial having a hole or depression at apex suitable to support a golfball and a cut or opening extending through one side wall to the center.5

2. A golf tee having an opening at its top suitable to support a golfball with a cut through the side wall into this opening and made ofaresilient material that will cause it to assume its original shape afterbeing forced to a horizontal plane ,when the pres- .sure is removed.

3. A golf tee made of thin resilient material having a hole ordepression at apex suitable to support a golf ball and a cut'or openingextending through one side wall to the center; the wall of said tee tobe at such an angle to the horizontal plane that .when the driving clubstrikes .this wall, it will collapse the tee, and slide over. it withoutprojectingit with the ball.

BQRNSIDE riiswox'rn SAWYER.

Witnesses Anus'rnnn Sawimn; FLORENCE AMES.

